(n.) A lively dance of the Highlanders of Scotland; also, the music to the dance; -- often called Scotch reel.
(n.) A frame with radial arms, or a kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound; as, a log reel, used by seamen; an angler's reel; a garden reel.
(n.) A machine on which yarn is wound and measured into lays and hanks, -- for cotton or linen it is fifty-four inches in circuit; for worsted, thirty inches.
(n.) A device consisting of radial arms with horizontal stats, connected with a harvesting machine, for holding the stalks of grain in position to be cut by the knives.
(v. t.) To roll.
(v. t.) To wind upon a reel, as yarn or thread.
(v. i.) To incline, in walking, from one side to the other; to stagger.
(v. i.) To have a whirling sensation; to be giddy.
(n.) The act or motion of reeling or staggering; as, a drunken reel.
Example Sentences:
(1) If we’re waiting around for the Democratic version to sail through here, or the Republican version to sail through here, all those victims who are waiting for us to do something will wait for days, months, years, forever and we won’t get anything done.” Senator Bill Nelson, whose home state of Florida is still reeling from the Orlando shooting, said he felt morally obligated to return to his constituents with results.
(2) There were still 25 seconds left on the clock when Vernon Davis reeled in a catch at the Baltimore nine-yard line, but San Francisco could not convert on second or third down.
(3) Director Gareth Edwards , who made Godzilla, introduced a tantalizing concept reel to preview the mysterious film, which is part of a series of films exploring other stories outside of the core Star Wars saga.
(4) Europe produced the greatest comeback in the tournament's history to reel in the US and retain the trophy.
(5) Hurst, still reeling, says, "It shouldn't have happened.
(6) DNA reeling, such as done by type I restriction-modification enzymes, is proposed to provide this special mechanism for folding.
(7) But I just felt like strangling him.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest America’s most segregated city: the young black voters of Milwaukee There was the barber in Milwaukee, a city reeling from a succession of police shootings of black men, offended by Trump’s claim African Americans like him have “nothing to lose”.
(8) The surface channelling effect has been observed in GaAs (110) with REELS, which may provide a basis for localizing surface foreign atoms with ALCHEMI.
(9) Christine Ockrent: Elitism is Le Pen's real target In France both the socialists and conservatives are reeling.
(10) Lovejoy was a big deal, with X Factor-sized ratings: McShane's easygoing charisma reeled in up to 16m viewers a week.
(11) He reeled off his speech with the eclat of a wet firework.
(12) But the world's largest insurer has seen its shares plunge in recent weeks as it reels from the effects of the credit crunch.
(13) A pensioner is celebrating a catch of the day that’s closer to Herman Melville than Harry Ramsden’s after reeling in the biggest cod recorded to have been landed by a British angler.
(14) The presidential election in Honduras was heading towards a stalemate, according to the latest polls, in a country reeling from violence, poverty and the legacy of a 2009 coup.
(15) Now, however, the new administration of Hassan Rouhani is taking steps to open up Iran to foreigners in an effort to improve its international image after the gloomy years under Mahmoud Ahmadinejad – and to bring in much-needed foreign currency to an economy reeling from years of sanctions.
(16) We've scored 99 goals before Sunday – that's some highlights reel to come.
(17) On Wattpad, 14-year-old Abby Meyer - who goes by SnowDrop07 online - is still reeling after being shortlisted for a competition judged by Margaret Atwood alongside much older competitors.
(18) We might not be able to do all of that at once,” she said, while reeling off a set of vanilla policy objectives by Democratic standards: healthcare reform, energy independence, new jobs, education standards and pulling troops (carefully) out of Iraq.
(19) Reeling, News Corp could barely give a coherent answer on Monday afternoon – but for the moment, yes, the bid is still on.
(20) So we looped them into the reel-to-reels and crowded round the speakers to hear what their album sounded like – but all we got was the clang of a snare drum.
Strathspey
Definition:
(n.) A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune.
Example Sentences:
(1) Since 2005, he has been Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
(2) Part of Gordon in north-east Scotland includes distilleries in the world-famous whisky-producing region of Speyside, as does the fringe of Alexander’s seat of Inverness, Nairn Badenoch and Strathspey.
(3) Party officials remain extremely worried about Danny Alexander’s chances of holding his Highlands seat of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey against the SNP challenger and Highlands council leader Drew Hendry.
(4) Even their ability to defend their “fortress seats” is in doubt as Clegg faces a strong challenge from Labour in Sheffield Hallam and Danny Alexander tries to head off the SNP in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey.
(5) Oakeshott said a further poll on voting intentions in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, the Scottish constituency of Danny Alexander, the senior Lib Dem Treasury minister, would be on the ICM website later on Wednesday.
(6) Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Danny Alexander is safe on paper, but after five years as George Osborne’s deputy, he might just provide 2015’s “Portillo moment”.
(7) Amid such dire poll ratings, party strategists acknowledge that Danny Alexander , the chief secretary to the Treasury, is in deep trouble in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey while Clegg trails Labour by three points in his Sheffield Hallam seat, according to a poll by Lord Ashcroft.
(8) One of the safest Lib Dem seats last time was Danny Alexander’s huge highland turf of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, but Ashcroft’s data suggests that the chief secretary to the Treasury is not merely on course to lose, but to go down by a humiliating margin of 29 points, as the SNP surge to 50% of the vote.
(9) • Danny Alexander, chief secretary to the Treasury Alexander faces a tough fight to retain his Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey seat.
(10) Alexander, who is MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, told the House of Lords economic committee an independent Scotland would have a similar level of debt to the rest of the UK.
(11) I know that was some time ago but the support and potential is there, and I can’t see any reason why we can’t recreate a ‘Portillo moment’.” DANNY ALEXANDER The chief secretary to the treasury, another high-profile Lib Dem, is also under pressure to hold his Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey seat.
(12) His deputy, Danny Alexander , is under intense pressure from the SNP in his seat of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey, which includes distilleries on the fringe of prime whisky production territories on Speyside.
(13) Alexander, who faces an uphill battle to retain his Commons seat of Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, said: “In March 2012, when the economy was still in the very early stages of recovery, we wanted to do a very big increase in the personal allowance to put a lot of money back into folk’s pockets.